Briquet-press.



J. J. SHEDLOGK.

` BRIQUET PRESS. I -I APPLIOATION FILED JULY 10, 1908. 1,090,204, Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

' A3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH to., wAsHlNuroN. D. c.

J. J. SHEDLOGK.

BRIQUET PRESS. APPLIoATIoN FILED JULY 1o, 190s.

1,000,204. Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' J. J. SHEDLOCK. l BRIQUET PRESS. APPLOATION FILED JULY 10, 190e.'

'Patented A11-g. 8,1911.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- coLUMllA PLANOGRAPH Co., wAsmNu'roN 1 ,000,204. BRIQUET-PRESS. Jauizs .lons Siisneocit, Little Bentley', England. l"iled July 1t), 1908. Serial No. 442,947.

'/o all iii/ioni it muy concern:

lie it known that l, Jauizs JouN Sinini.oeii, engineer, a subject of the King of ti'eat liritain, residing at Little Bentley, in the county of Fissex, linglaud, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in liriquet-Presses, of which the following is a specification. l

'lhis invention has for its object improvements in or reliitiiig to appariitiis for molding and compressing purposes such as the manufacture of briquets or the like; and although more particularly designed for molding and pressing artificial fuel material into blocks or briquets nevertheless my said invention may be employed for any other purposes to which it may be applicable, as t'or exemple, for molding and pressing ore briquets, or for molding and pressing eartheiiwai'e articles, such as tiles.

'1`he present iiiveution comprises the hereinafter described method of operating apparatus for molding and compressing purposes for use. in the manufacture of briquets or the like wherein the. firstand greater part of thc con'ipression stroke of the compression mechanism is produced by mechanical action and the final part. of the compression stroke is produced by hydraulic action siich method consisting in mechanically imparting motion to the hydraulic ram head and ram for the first and greater part of thc pressure stroke thereof by Vmechanical means and while thus mechanically imparting said motion to the ram head and rain causing or permitting water at little or no iressure (c. g. water at at mosphcrc pressure) to enter the hydraulic cylinder and keep same full asthe ram is iiiechanicallv moved outward as aforesaid Iand then admit. high pressure water to said cylinder for the final part of the compression stroke; this method producing not only considerable economy of high pressure water but also enabling the hydrau ic pressure at the end of the stroke to he maintained (i. a. dwell and follow) upon the iniiterial to be compressed for the desired period.

Apparatus for molding and compressing purposes according to the present invention comprises a molding chamber or chambers (which may bc provided with dies of any desired forni or size) a plunger adapted to be reeiprocated in each said chamber and p or operating said plunger said means L comprising n framc mounted on a hydraulic i ram, mechanical iiieaus for operating said frame aiul ram through the greater part of the pressure stroke, means for'simultancously filling the hydraulic cylinder with water at little or no pressure., and means to then admit water at high pressures for the remainder of tho pressure stroke.

In conjunction with the foregoingthe present invention also com )rises other details and im irovcmcuts al as hereinafter described and claimed. And in order that my present. invention may bc the more easily understood and readily carried into practice I will now proceed to describe saine with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate my invention as designed for a fuel press or fuel biiqueting press.

lteferringtotheaccompanyingdrawings:-

Figure 1 is a view in elevation-parts being shown in section-of au apparatus for molding and pressing purposes according to my present. invention. Fig. 2 is a view partly 1n elevation and mainly in vertical section taken through the center of the apparatusl in a direction at right angles to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig.' 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view withthe. mold table removed and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale showing the eompressing';

apparatus.

Similar letters of reference indicate cori responding parts throughout.

a. is a horizontally rotating mold table of the well-known type provided with a series of pockets and molding chambers o therein-which may if desired be provided with i dies to produce briquets of any desired form or size. This horizontal rotiitable mold table a is moved around step by step in any known or suitable manner for example as illustrated said mold table may be provided on the under side with n ring of bevel 1 teeth a2 which engage with a bevel toothed L wheel aa (see Figs. 1 and 3) which latter in turn is o ierated by ratchet. wheel a fixed on the spindle a". This ratchet wheel carries a pawl or pawls which in one direction engage and rotate the wheel n, and in thc other direction move idly over same` and said ratchet wheel is reciproeated by means of; the connecting rod I) which latter at one end b' is ivoted to said ratchet wheel (see Figs. 1 an 3) and at the other end is connected at b to the crank Ii on the main shaft c. This mold table is moved around step by step in thc known manner and no claim is made herein to either the mold table per .ic or the method of operating same.

Any suitable means may be ein iloycd for filling the molds or mold chambers a in the mold tiible a. and as such means of filling said molds in briquet presses are well-known and in common use therefore it is not necessary to further describe same. here.

'l`ho aforesaid shaft c is operated from anv suitable source of power as for example saiil shaft c may be operated h v means of a belt on the fast and loose pulleys o'. which rotate the shaft d aml the latter through a worm ai2 rotates the worm wheel 117 on said shaft e.

Directly underneath the point in the nppnratns where the pressure is to bo applied to the imiterizil to be. compressed in the mold Ui@ iiiild 0l' uitild Cliiiiiibf-i 0'! lu flic fii" I ,1l-mmm (he hydraulic Cyimlor a of hy riingeiuent.shown n sepurzite plunger n is lsutuhle. type, :nlvziiitugeously :i cylinder of lii'fivltlcd in und for etieh Suid molding lurge hoie compared with the length of chamber a. respectively. In the lower piirt 'stroktu the length of stroke of the rhin in 0f (.fiCli P liuiiii n liClWtlii lui ffiI'kS 1l fui suid cylinder being nrt-tinged iiecordiiig to uutl-fllCtiOli roller n2 is journuled so that the distnnee whieh the hitter hns to travel in f lCi the COliipIeS-ion Stroke imparted to order thut the required nmount of pressure I Suid plunger 1i hns tnken pliice the lutter on upon the inttterinl muy be produced. Menus the next step-movernent of the mold tiible o. :ire urrunged to iidmitl witter to this cylinder 1S iliOVLd Over the lower mrt, of the inclined first fromunv suituhle source where the wnpluiitl 0, und its the tn ile truvels further iter is under little or no pressure or even dur- Villul 5101i by Sii'll "mi llf" Tfllfl' 7"? l i ing thc first pmt 0f the, movement, which is thereby moved tip the inclined plnue 0 thus i impui-ted nieehnneully to the rum (us here- :is will rendily be seen the molded briquet. is i iunfter described) the wiiter muy he drawn 4forced upwurd und out of the mold ehninber i into the cylinder if desired the object. being I i 1t liv the upwnrd movement thus inipnrted in nl] mises (n employ writer (hiring this pci by lit, inCliIiOti pinne 0 iti ilitl lilllligtl 'Iittiitl j rind of the stroke nt. the minimum cost for 2 the molded briquet. is then removed off the the purpose of producing economy in the mold tnble in uuy known or lsuituhle niuimer. i eost of the wnter used in the nppnrutus und i y After the fuel muteiiul hns been filled into then townrd the lutter pnrt of the' outwnrd the. mold the hitter muy either pnss und :i stroke ofthe ruin wiiter under high pressure fixed block or plnte in nliiieuient with the or under nnv desired pressure is admitted ruin i' und plunger 1i. opernted therehy so to the cylinder in order to produce the dei thut. the material will be compressed oguinst l Sired :iinount und extenty of hydruulie pres- Suehrfixed liloek or plute ns in the known sure for the lust purt of the outwnrd stroke fOllnS 0f briquet presses with horizontal roi of' the rum: the nrrnngeinent for the nforetniy mold tn ile, or (in pluee of `such fixed suid independent. wnter supplies ns shown in bleek or pitite) I muy employ u movuhle .l the druwings lieiiig ris followszis u witter block 7i ns illustrnted in the tlrnwings. This pmi( from iw 10u-er piirt of' whieh the wnsuid block 7i being eurried b v the powerful i ter flows through ii non-return vulve f und lever /i' whieh lutter is pivoted nt p to :i i pil, f2 nm] pnssnge z into the cylinder. g t fixed p'iirt of the nppnrntiis-iiiid ut. its other i is the high pressure wnter inlet pipe from end this lever 7i is suitably eonueeted iit the i. whieh the high pressure witter is led through litiuii 'l' (f- {lu uuiiiStil tu kliufiklfi juhu) l the entre q' und pipe g2 to the snit] pnsgng@ to the rod f] whieh is operated b v the eeeenf in the e \'linder e. i is the return ipe tries Y* on the shaft. c. The lsziid block 'i through whieh the. witter from the eylint er c i inpst. ie so mounted on the lever 7i thnt itl i is returned to the tnnk f namely on the inwill npproeeh (und if desired) enter eiieh i sti-oke ofthe rnui the wuter in the cylinder c l ineld chtimber n.' nfter the hitter is moved i is forced out through the pnssnge g pip@ q2 l into position iuider it so thnt. lsueh block /i vulve fl um] pipo Il, t0 the trink f, T10 rnm `will ftilln iliti mp 0f iltt"I limiti tllillilg' ilit. ifopernting in sziid cylinder n enrries und hns l compression of the iniiteriiil und therenfter {iwf} Op fnl-mud ihpwoh 0h its mmf mrt n will be moved elenr of the mold trible :ind frame which in the Centrnl pnrt, thereof i3 t liiOltitt'l lilitltiti liOfOIfi ilit. litX piep Uitwehollowed out or cuty nwnv in the nimmer in. ment. is inipnrted to the mold tnhle o. The Q dented nt 1.". Through this .s mee in l opeijutive fiiee of this` liloek /i muy he of tiny the eenti'ul purt, of snid freine the sliiit't Suitnble form or if desired muy be provided pnsses uiul nt this point. siiid sluift. n is p'ith tiny device symbol or triide intirk to he provided with n eum l whieh lutter when impnrted tothe briquet in molding suine und rotiited into the upper position rides n eninst. i Siulilnrly the opposite side of the briquet und nets on the eiuii piece or tongue m und i muy hnve niiv desired form or (und) nuirk, when rotuted into thel lower position nets CC., mpnrted thereto by menus of the top upon the liottoiii lsurt'uce /ti of the hollowed 0nd 0f the plunger ii 0r b v meuns of :i die out portion of the frnuie le. 'lhis eumiiece i pluie .i Isuch ns shown in Fig. or tongue 1u, is ioeuted und held in position between the eheek pluies in. in! und is slotted i 'uiCi' Supply to the Cylinder e is nutonuiti- :it 1n. uml luisl u giiide-piii m piissed thereeiilly opeinted nt the required moment when through-see Figs-.1 undfi. The upper pnrt Y the rnni i' und frnine l.: hnve been meehuriiof' this frume or deviee L: terniiiuites in n Cully lliOvCd, to the desired point und simifork or brunch nrms le the upper edges of luily Suid WMO" slilil' is lilliiicllly "lli whieh lutter lient iigniiisl the underside .0f Ofi` by llIiY Sltiible lIitClitlliitul ltitllIiS. its ftii corresponding downwnrdly projecting forks @Xuiupll iy n Gulli 0r eeeeiitrie on the .shuft e. or brunch tirius 1i' of the plunger 1i whieh Operating Such high pressure witter vnlve ut. hitter fits in und is udnpted to reciprocate in tliti required 'momo-iii' if by nui' Suliiilili iiili- 'ilie vulve coiitrolliig the high pressure i is operated.

i luwst-r der the block 7i the lower end of the plunger lsee. Figs. 1 2 and 5 and at this moment the lthe shaft c) now raises the cani piece or of the ram z' as may be desired 'l`he o ieration of the ap iaratns is as folis each mold cham ier n. arrives unu in said eliaiuber is brought. into position over and in vertical aliiicnient. with the frame. I.' and ram i (all in vertical ahncment) cam l is in its lower position as indicated in said figures. The rotation of the cam Z (by touffue m and the latter acting on the frame 1 /r orccs upward said frame r. and ram 1, attached thereto for such part of the travel during the 'g pressure stroke for example in the arrangemeut illustrated the frame l.: together with the ram i will be mechanicallymoved (by said cam action) through th'e greater part of fthe compression stroke viz. about. three-t fourths or four-fifths of said stroke and dur: l ing this mechanical movement of the ram z i water at little or no pressure is caused or permitted to enter the cylinder c from the with water during the outward mechanical movement of the ram 2' and at or toward the i i l n cisteru f so that said cylinder is thus filled i t end of this mechanical outward movement y (during which,the fuel material has been 5 partly compressed) the tappet arm t then operates the valve g and admits high pres- ,j sure water to the cylinder c so that the ont- -.j stroke of the ram i l draulic pressure and the final compression i thcrcbv im iartcd to the material in t ie mold chamber a. and this livdraulic pressure on the fuel material is maintained and allowed z` to dwell thereon for a certain period viz. 1 during the. time the caml Z is revo ving fr oui its up icrmost position into such a position as will permit the cani-piece to descend to g such au extent as to cause the tappet arm t l to close'the valve g from the high pressure supply and ierinit theI esca ie of the water from the ey inder c througi the passage z the pipe y* the valve g' and pi ie 1a. to the cistern f. After thus cutting otl high pressure water and o icning the exhaust. or escape from the cylinder c the cam Zby acting on the plate In iii the bottom of the opening /s in tlie frame 7.1 causes or assists in causing the descent of the ram z' whereby the water is forccd out of the cylinder c as aforesaid l 's now completed by l iy table ri is now moved on n step :ind the next filled mold chamber n ainl phiuger n is iaiii i and the pressure applied directly first,

inbefore described; and so on. be seen that by my invention thc hydraulic stroke of the hydraulic ram is variable owi ing to the adjustable and elastic limits of thc l mechanical device and ofthe fuel material or other materal to be compressed.

It. will be obvious that mv aforesaid iny ventioii may be ada tedto be carried into i practice or use-witi or without modificadifferent material such as ores or minerals (or materials containing orcs or minerals) 5 ing clay or earthenw'are articles, such as i tiles, etc. t Instead of employing a rotating table I containing a series of molds or molding chambers, my present invention may be carried into practice in conjunction with any other suitable form and arrangement of i mold or molding chamber` as for instance, i I may employ a reci rocatinfv table slide or idevice containing tie molds or molding i chambers, or I may employ only a single mold ory molding chamber. )Vhat I claim is 1. In an apparatus for molding and compressing purposes. tlie combination of a rotatably mounted table provided with a series of molding chambers, n lunger adapted to operate in the molding c iambers. a slidahlv mounted frame located in alinement. with the plunger, said frame being irovided with an opening. a revoluble siiaft passing through said opening, a cam qxed on the shaft and adapted to force sait frame np- 1 wardly for a part of the compression stroke of the plunger, a piston at the lower eml of l said frame, a cylinder for the piston, amt

means controlling the flow of water under pressure to tlie cylinder to complete the compression stroke of the plunger.

2. In an apparatus for molding and compressing pur ioses, a rotatablv mounted table provided wit a series of molding chambers", a plunger adapted to operate in the iiioldiug chambers, a slidably mounted frame located c into the oistern f when-"e itl can be used .l again as before described. 'I`he rotary mold brought into iosition over and in vertical` alinement witi the. aforesaid frame l.: and

mechanically and then h vdrinileally as here-r It. will thus4 pressure is not merely applied for an instant I Thus it will be seen that according to the present invention the.

tions as may bc requiredfor compressing 3 to be compressed into briquets, or for inakin :ilinenient with the plunger, said framel being provided with un opening having upwardly eonvergiiw sides, a V-sliaped member mounted in tic upper portion of said opening, a revoluble shaft passing through tbe opening, a cani on the shaft in engagement with the V-slinped member adapted t0 lift the ilunger for a part of its compression stro te, a piston at the lower end of said frame, a cylinder for the piston, and means forcontrolling the tlow of water under pressure to tbe cylinder to complete the compression stroke of the plunger.

8. In an apparatus for molding and coniprcssing purposes, a rotatably mounted table provided .with a series of molding chambers,

ber for opening a high p'ressiire valve to permit water to enter the cylinder for completing the compression stroke of the plunger. l

4. In au apparatus for molding and compressing purposes,a rotatably mounted table provided with a lseries of molding chambers, a plunger adapted to operate in the molding chambers, a slidably mounted frame located in aliiiciiient with the plunger, said frame bein f provided with an opening having upwart ly converging sides, a V. iaped meniber mounted in the upper port-ion of said opening, a reroluble s iaft passing through the opening. a cani on the shaft in engagement with the V-sliaped member adiipted lo lift the ilnuger for a mrt of its compression atroce, a piston at tlie lower end of said frame, n. cylinder for the piston, au urin exg tending from the V-shaped member for ;opening a high pressure vulve to permit; i water to enter the cylinder for completing the compression stroke of the plunger and to close said valve when the plunger has finished its stroke, and means for ermittiiig the escape of the water from tie cylinder.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set niy hand in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES JOHN SHEDLOCK.

Witnesses:

LoiuN A. La'rmior,

Animar S. PmLLirs. 

